diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd352ef..d5a0f03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version> <!-- commons-lang3 > 3.8.1 requires at least Java 8 -->
+        <version>3.12.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>